Easter Weekend

Since we only use farm fresh eggs from a lovely lady I went to high school with, we had to remember to pick up some white eggs at the store so we could color them!  Eric boiled them while I was at Winter Jam with the high school kids from church and we dyed them the next morning.

Katie made sure to take care of all the ones that might be any shade of pink or red.

Somehow we managed not to make too big of mess!

As soon as they were done, the kids wanted to eat them.  We did make them hold off at least until they were dry.

Shortly after we finished, Eric's parents arrived and took the kids to the zoo for the day.

That night, we watched WSU advance to the final four!

The next morning, the Easter bunny had stopped by!

It didn't take the kids long to find the eggs filled with marshmallows and jelly beans.

Their baskets contained jammies, undies and a small present.

After they were sufficiently full of sugar, we got dressed to go celebrate the Resurrection at church!

Later that afternoon, we took advantage of the nice weather and hunted eggs outside.

The next night we got to wear our new jammies.  I believe the Easter bunny got a fabulous deal on these!  They were only $9/pair, which you can't hardly beat anywhere and they're gymboree quality!  Plus they will be worn for yrs and yrs as they are passed down from child to child!

I've really been dragging my feet on allowing Kelton to take communion at church.  Being raised Catholic, it's such a major event and I haven't been sure how to handle it.  When he said his prayer before we had dinner on Easter though, it became quite apparent that he is very knowledgeable about the significance of Easter and the sacrifice Jesus made for us.  It is so exciting to see him learning and growing in his faith!